Barry Callebaut has published its new sustainability strategy “Forever Chocolate” with the ambition to move sustainable chocolate from niche to norm in less than a decade. Barry Callebaut CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique said: ...
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Olam Cocoa opened a new Cocoa Product Development & Innovation Centre at its llhéus processing facility in Brazil. The announcement was made to mark the 70th anniversary for Olam Cocoa’s leading Brazilian cocoa brand, Joanes, ...
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Mars Chocolate has completed the acquisition of Hacienda La Chola cocoa farm in Ecuador from Naturisa. Hacienda La Chola is the agricultural unit of Naturisa and located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The latest addition to its network of ...
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Nestlé UK & Ireland announced it has reached its target to source 100 per cent certified sustainable cocoa for its chocolate confectionery and biscuits becoming the first major confectionery company in the UK and Ireland to do so. ...
Swiss confectionery company Nestle will make its entire range of chocolates and biscuits from 100% sustainable cocoa. These products would be sold across UK and Ireland. Starting January 2016, the entire range of Nestle chocolates and ...
Swiss confectionary company Barry Callebaut has entered into a licensing agreement with Naturex Group, the producer of specialty plant-based natural ingredients, which would enable Naturex to use the Swiss confectioner’s approved ...
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Swiss confectionery company Barry Callebaut has launched Horizons range of sustainable cocoa and chocolate products. These sustainable products are part of an initiative which is aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and ...
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Cargill’s cocoa business is collaborating with Mondelez International to introduce a two-year program in Indonesia, which will be aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and introducing sustainability in farming practices. ...
Swiss business-to-business chocolate manufacturer Carma has changed its chocolate covering to UTZ Certified cocoa. The Barry Callebaut-owned company is believed to be the first major Swiss B2B manufacturer to have made the shift to UTZ ...
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KitKat is set to become the first global chocolate brand to use only sustainably sourced cocoa in the manufacture of all its products. This move comes as the confectionery industry faces allegations over employing child labor in cocoa ...
Hundreds of members of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and leaders from the global cocoa sector have convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to take further crucial steps toward implementing a comprehensive strategy, called CocoaAction, to sustain ...
Barry Callebaut has purchased the remaining 51% stake in Tanzanian-based Biolands Group, its long-time supplier of certified cocoa beans from East and West Africa. With this development, 143 full-time employees at Biolands have joined the ...
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli is extending its capabilities for sustainable production of cocoa in Ghana. The company's cocoa farming program in Ghana seeks to provide additional support to more than 45,000 farmers in the ...
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Barry Callebaut - the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products - today announced its 2012/13 Sustainability Report which details the company's strategy in the areas of sustainable cocoa, environmental ...
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Barry Callebaut – the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products – announced its 2012/13 Sustainability Report which details the company’s strategy in the areas of sustainable cocoa, ...
Tags: Barry Callebaut, chocolate, cocoa products